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Ofwat’s new interim chief executive has set out six key areas of focus to help drive change in water, telling industry representatives “we can’t simply build our way out of the challenges in front of us”.

Warren Controls announces that it builds valves to meet American Iron & Steel Act (AISA) requirements so that customers can adhere to “Buy American” regulations across a range of applications, including commercial buildings, district and campus energy, food and beverage, agriculture, chemical industry, OEM, marine, and biofuel applications.

The Grundfos Foundation is proud to partner with Academy Award-winning film director, Orlando von Einsiedel to present INTO DUST. This scripted film is based on a true and important story that brings attention to the value of water by celebrating those who work relentlessly to secure the necessary solutions.

As homeowners increasingly look to digitalisation to make their living space easier, more comfortable and more efficient, Grundfos announced the launch of SCALA1 in Malaysia. This innovative water booster pump offers intelligent connectivity that allows control over your home water systems, right from your smartphone.

There is evolving a significant hydrogen market for flow and treat products. A number of technologies and applications are being applied. There is considerable funding from governments who believe that hydrogen is an important option to archive zero net carbon emissions by 2050.

When space is tight in dewatering applications, the hour of compact multipurpose pumps has come. The manufacturer Tsurumi relies on technical symmetry here.

Electricity plays a fundamental role in the development of the sub-Saharan Africa region: water treatment, cooling chains, electricity, internet – and all of it seamlessly and securely. The social enterprise Africa GreenTec is now taking a big step in this direction by introducing so-called ImpactSites.

In the fight against climate change, it is important to explore new ways. However, sometimes part of the solution can be found in existing collaborations. This is the thinking behind “Wasserstoff-Hanse” [Hanseatic Hydrogen], an initiative of the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the EUREF Energy Innovation (EEI), which was launched in Rostock on 5 August in the presence of prominent businesspeople and politicians.

There has been an explosion of online pump knowledge. For example, with the impeller.net search engine one can enter a pump type or industry and view many feature articles and news stories. The challenge is to leverage this knowledge resource into what could be called an Industrial Internet of Pump Wisdom.

The water sector is moving towards an outcome-focused approach to the way it plans and invests in environmental solutions. That is the view of Phil Higgins, Jacobs head of water, UK & Ireland, who took part in the latest Talking on Water thought-leadership conversation with British Water chief executive Lila Thompson.